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American Stasi 0
Starting with a video of an American WWII veteran, who says that he fought against concentration camps 80 years ago only to see them being established now in his own country, Rick Strom reviews a litany of abuses by the Trump maladministration’s hooded KKK secretive police.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
As my old professor of the early fedeeral period was fond of pointing out, “History is irony.”
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Impartial? Only as impartial as the data they scrape train on.
At the Psychology Today website, Phil Reed reminds that “AI mirrors human cognitive biases, not just factual knowledge.” Follow the link for the evidence.
Republican Family Values . . . 0
. . . meet a notion of immigrants.
A Tune for the Time 0
Warning: Short promo at about the one minute mark.
All the News that Fits 0
Josh Gay delights in a rare event: A Fox News apology. And he notes a number of times when Fox has–er–broadcast “news” reports of questionable veracity without facing a requirement to accept responsibility for facilitating fabrications.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Another “responsible gun owner.
Another portable phallus left lying about.
Another child.
A Tune for the Times 0
Warning: Mild language.
Checks and Balances
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I think that the Supreme Supremacist Court’s reasoning in this case is quite clear.
“Well,” said the injustices, “we already have an executive that’s unbalanced. Let’s go all the way and have one that’s unchecked.”
Stray Thought 0
RFK Jr. would be very disappointed in me.
I got two vaccinations yesterday.
Because, golly gosh gee, I believe in factual knowledge.
American Exceptionalism 0
David discusses a Pew poll that shows the exceptional damage that the Trump maladministration has done to America’s international reputation in little more than a year. A quote:
Being feared is not the same thing as being respected.